As soon as they finish the cuppachino, climb up the spoon and hang there 'til they pee.
Aurora Farm wrote: > Tony: > > Rambler writes: <<to which i add worm pee>> > > How _do_ you get those worms to pee in a cup for you? > > W > Aurora Farm is the only > unsubsidized, family-run seed farm > in North America offering garden seeds > grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods > of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rambler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: "Sharp" Sand for potting mix > > >Allan Balliett wrote: > >> > >> I'm going a little nutty right now, trying to learn a jargon so I can > >> speak with people who are quite a drive from me and who really don't > >> have the time to spoon feed the ignorant. > >> > >> I'm looking to buy a few yards of 'crushed gravel sand' to use in a > >> potting mix formulation recommended by Heinz Grotzke in "Biodynamic > >> Greenhouse Management." > >> > >> So far, I've been offered trap dust and 1/4inch (and lower) stuff > >> from a realatively close-by quarry. If I can communicate screen size, > >> I think I can buy what I need. > >> > >> AND, I would assume that it's cool to take basalt instead of granite, eh? > >> > >> Which is to say that I've found a source for basalt trap dust down > >> here. My recollection is that it tests very highly on the Callahan > >> scale (paramagnetics), but I'll have to have it tested again. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> _Allan > > > >Hi Allan I use a basalt rock dust in my potting mixes . i also add about > >10% fine clay dust from my own subsoil. This brings in a bit more > >phosphate and the clay infuence to a potting mix . For sand i use about > >10% any more then that and your seedling trays become too heavy to lift > >and carry. > >The best seed sowing/potting mix is made with leaf mould. Each year I > >make up a ix to be used the following year.To a collection of 60% > >softwood and 30% hard wood leaves mixed with seed free grass or a green > >crop. I add 10% fine sand 10% fine clay 10% chicken manure, 10% cow > >manure, alight sprinkling of lime.Prep500,502-508. Each time i turn the > >pile i add armfulls of comphrey and nettle, 20 litre bucket of worm > >castings from the worm farm to kick start the process and sprinkle a > >handful of Barrel Compost over the pile. I keep the heap covered with > >weedmat that allows rain through but keeps out the birds and prevents > >weed seed contamination. It also keeps the temperture more even and > >bring the worms evenly through the whole heap. this make a very good > >friable mix ready to use with out any screening except to cover the > >seeds.I also use this as apotting mix by adding some fish and seaweed > >meal about a month before use.All seedlings are then sprayed twice month > >with a foliar tea. At planting time all plants are dipped into Rooting > >Compound from Garuda Biodynamics to which i add worm pee. > > > >Cheers Tony Robinson > >Rambler Flowers > >NewZealand > > > >Cheers Tony > >
